The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-04


Hulless oats unless mixed with other
feed will Kill, or at least iuiure. horse
in a short time.
One authority DESTROYS cabbage worms
bv shrinking bran and huekwheat -four
on them when thev are young and the
dew is on the plants
Nike a harness fit properly and a
horse can wear it without distress, pro- /
vided that it Is also kept decentIy clean /,
and comfortably soft.
Prepare for sowing rutabagas. Large F.
crops are secured by sowing il drills
eighteen inches apart and thinning out.
One pound of seed to the acre.
Sugar and fennugreek constitute the
bulk of most condition powders and ap
petizsrs. Both are cheap and owners of
stock will do we'll to buy in quantity,
and mix to suit themselves. Horses
and cows are extremely fond of sugar,
and Will eat considerable after filling
themselves with less agreeable diet.
The horse which can plow all acre
while another is blowing half an acre.
or that which can carry load of passen-
sengers ten miles while another is going
five, independent of all considerations
Of amusement. taste, or that which is
generally called fancy, is absolutely
worth twice as much to the owner as the
other
The best way to keep vegetables sue
culent is to pack them in damp sawdust.
placed in barrels Of moderate size. or in
boxes of not more than two feet in
width. Place a layer of sawdust N the
bottom. with another LAYER, and so on
until the box is full, leaving no crevices.
When moss is obtained it is regarded as
better than sawdust.
The tomato is so valuable a vegeta-
bic that it is well worth knowing how
to keep them. If they are picked when
Just ripe and with portion of the stems
retained, and at once covered with
brine composed Of a teacupful of salt
dissolved IN a gallon Of water, they can
be kept nearly all the year without
noticeable loss Of their freshness of
taste.
Hives should be placed close to the
ground and embarked up in front level
with the entrance with sawdust, sand
or gravel. The old plan of setting them
on high benches is a mistake. Bees
coming home loaded in cool days are apt
to drop on the ground in great numbers
and become chilled so as to be unable to
take wing again, and are lost. Hence
the advantage of having the entrance
just at the place of dropping.
To make soft Gingerbread one cup
full of mOIas5es, "A cupful of sour cream,
two cupflIs Of flour, an egg, a large tea
spoonful Of ginger, two level teaspOOnfuls
Of soda and half a teaspOOuful Of salt are
blended TO produce soft gingerbread.
Put the molasses, cream, salt and ginger
into bowl. Beat the egg well. Dis
solve the soda in one tablespoonful of
cold water and stir the liquid into the
mixture I'm the bowl. Add the beateh
egg and then the flour, and after beating
the batter vigorously for one minute
pour it into two buJJered shallow pans
and bake for twenty minutes IN rather
hot oven.
A COW in milk should never be driven
faster than a walk. Good cows have
large and we'll filled udders, which cause
pain to them if they are hurried OF
driven in a run, as by a careless boy OF
Cog, Besides, there Is danger of over
heating the blood and milk, and thus
greatly iniuriug it, and rendering it un-
wholesome The common companion
of the "cOW-b boy " is his dog. Every
owner of cows should understand that
dogs excite and worry cows, and this
ought TO teach him that dogs should
never be allowed to come near them.
We have seen a farmer send dog to
bring up the cows, and he would bring
them on a dead run. The dog was less
at fault than the man. and be did as he
was told without knowing how much
injury he was doing.
The Importance of a current of pure
air through a milkrOom where the milk
is set for cream is not sufficiently under
stood. Ii is supposed that If the apart
ment is airy, dry and clean, and free
from OdOrs more OF less offensive or even
Objectionable, these are sufficient. But
they are not sufficient urless the term
airy Is understood i'm its fullest sense as
including, not Orly large space, but also
a constantly moving and renewed body
of fresh, pure air that. has not been de
prived of its proper share of oxygen by
any previous process of cOnsum ptiOI.
This is necessary for the following rea-
sons First, exposure to pure air pre-
vents the formation of acid in milk. Ii
is known that milk will sour very rapid
" IN the close atmosphere Of a cellar in
which the air has been deOxidized by
means of decaying vegetable matter, OF
in which the posts or beams are affected
by dry rot. Secondly, we know that this
first sOuring is due to the change Of the
milk sugar into Tactic acid, a spOnLane-
Gus change in which no alteration of the
elements have occurred, and which re-
quires nothing more tnan the mere ab.
sence of oxygen to affect it. This change
will take place very quickly, as many
milk dairymen find to their surprise and
cost, when milk is canned tightly before
it has been cooled and aired sufficiently.
Thirdly, we know that this needed air.
ing simply affects the oxidation of the
milk destroy the germs present in It,
aud Iv tho ot,araffon n which fba